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Melbourne, May 8: <\/strong>Australia's World Cup winner Megan Schutt has said she is ready to play less games this season if it helps cricket get past the financial uncertainty created by the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"There's obviously going to be reductions somewhere, there kind of has to be," she was quoted as saying by cricket.com.au.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"As long as we're not taking too big a hit, women specifically, I'm okay with it.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"It's about finding a balance in terms of how we can get cricket going again on the national scene and the international scene.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"Cricket around the globe is going to be affected by this and I have no doubt that women's cricket is also going to suffer. Whatever kind of season they can muster together, I'm going to be happy enough with."<\/p>\r\n\r\n

There could be shorter domestic competitions for Australia's men's and women's players as Cricket Australia works on a tighter budget for the upcoming season.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The Women's Big Bash League does not generate as much direct revenue as international matches and the men's Big Bash.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Schutt maintained women's cricket is in a good space after a world record crowd watched the World Cup final in March where the Aussie eves beat India.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The first standalone WBBL too drew record broadcast audiences.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"I think we've got some real momentum coming from that World Cup win for us," she said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"I think that left us in the spotlight before this whole crisis went down, so that's a real plus for us.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"We finished the season on a high and the success that came off the standalone WBBL last season really put us in good stead for this season."<\/p>\r\n\r\n

There might be restrictions on international player taking part in WBBL but Schutt asserted there's enough depth in Australian cricket for the tournament to still be of a high quality.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"It'll be different, there's no lie about it," she said. "In terms of quality it might diminish a little.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"But the beauty for us is that we've been putting so much into our state programs and now us as Australian players, we're going to have a lot of time to stay here and develop our own players in our own states.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"It kind of brings a new splash into the mix of seeing these new kids that maybe haven't got the shot (in the past) because those international players were there. So it's a double-edged sword in that sense.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"But ... we've got the depth in Australian cricket, we've got the best domestic system in the world, so I don't think there's any reason why that won't be a quality product still."<\/p>\r\n", "image": "https:\/\/img.cricketnmore.com\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Megan-Schutt.jpg", "alt_img": "Megan Schutt \u00a0", "alt_title": "Megan Schutt \u00a0", "image1": "", "video": "", "seo_title": "As long as we're not taking too big a hit, I'm okay: Megan Schutt \u00a0 On Cricketnmore", "seo_desc": "Melbourne, May 8: Australia's World Cup winner Megan Schutt has said she is ready to play less games this season if it helps cricket get past the financial uncertainty created by the COVID-19 pand", "seo_keywords": "Megan Schutt", "tag": "", "tagging": "Megan Schutt,", "status": "1", "img_rpt": "0", "google": "1", "standout": "0", "edapps": "0", "pulse": "0", "no_index": "0", "feed": "0", "fixture": "0", "slug": "as-long-as-were-not-taking-too-big-a-hit-im-okay-megan-schutt", "user_id": "0", "read_count": "0", "ians_date": "0000-00-00", "ians_time": "00:00:00", "server_time": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "trash": "0", "view_count": "1292", "page_break": "0", "instant_articles": "1", "auto_link": "1", "created": "2020-05-08 16:27:07", "updated": "2020-05-08 16:27:07", "img_from": "IANS", "img_source": "", "schedule_publish": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "news_keywords": "", "livescore_text": "", "livescore_link": "", "btn_text": "", "resend_feed": "0", "google_feed": "0", "read_more": "0", "posted_by": "1", "jio_date": "2020-05-08 16:27:07", "scheduled": "0", "news_now": "1", "breaking_news": "0", "google_date": "2020-05-08 16:27:07", "featured": "0", "pred_match_id": null, "article_content_type": null, "link": "https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-news\/as-long-as-were-not-taking-too-big-a-hit-im-okay-megan-schutt-60370" }